Well there's nothing new about Li-Ion battery fires -- in laptops or
a variety of other devices. It's just that the recently recalled
Sony-made batteries have a manufacturing and implementation defect in
a very large batch. I recall hearing about Li-Ion battery fires back
around 1997 when they first started being widely used in laptops.

I'm always warning my clients about specifying Li-Ion batteries in
their products and the fact that they pack a LOT of energy in a small
space, plus the fact it's almost impossible to extinguish a fire
should one break out. Unless you happen to have a Class D fire
extinguisher handy:

http://www.smokesign.com/tydmefifiex.html
http://www.labsafety.com/store/Public_Safety/Fire_-_Rescue/Fire_Extinguishers/3433/

I actually have one of these in my lab, hopefully I'll never have to
use it. I also keep a metal 5 gal. bucket half filled with sand and a
pair of heavy leather gloves to transport a burning pack out of my
lab should one ignite during testing.

Matt Pobursky
Maximum Performance Systems

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:53:53 +0800, Genome wrote:
> Yeah, a complete line of Toshiba Bateries I think was forced to be
> recalled a few days ago because somebody found out that its
> dagerous and could explode and cause fire... Good thing they
> discovered it or youl be seing lots of accident here and there...
>
>
> "Steve Smith" wrote in message
> news:000001c6f7f4$86843510$6502a8c0@XygaX...
>
>> Don't worry about the clock stopping dead worry more about the
>> impending laptop fire next time you enter an airport !!!!
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
>> Behalf Of Randy Glenn Sent: 25 October 2006 05:08 To:
>> Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: [OT] System
>> Clock issues on Windows
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Trying to find a solution to this problem, and Gargle is being of
>> little to no help.
>>
>> I got a new notebook last week - a Lenovo - and I've noticed that
>> the system clock seems to stop dead whenever I put the machine to
>> sleep or in hibernation. Also, its system clock will lose 50
>> minutes randomly while using the machine.
>>
>> Has anyone had a problem like this before? Any solutions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> -Randy Glenn
>> Computer Eng. and Mgt. Year V, McMaster University
>> Regional Student Representative, IEEE Canada
>>
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